Is there a way to schedule the execution of a callable until the glib main loop is entered?
Alternatively, is there a signal I can subscribe to that will indicate that the main loop is entered?
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A:
You can use gobject.idle_add which will schedule a callable to be executed when the main loop is idle. gobject.timeout_add is an alternative which uses a timer.
Mind that the callable will be called again and again, unless is returns False (or anything that resolves to False, like None).
AndiDog
2010-02-15 21:17:32
The trick with "timeout_add, return False" serves as a good "one-shot callable", exactly what I needed. Thanks!
jldupont
2010-02-15 21:34:50
Returning no value at all would work, too, because Python functions automatically return `None`. But better do it explicitly...
AndiDog
2010-02-15 21:38:29